Yes, it does inform our work, and it certainly aligns with what we had been hearing directly from women veterans, such as the frustration of showing up at commemorative events and being asked if those were their uncle's, their grandfather's, their father's or their husband's medals.
Part of what we need to do is make sure that we are profiling women veterans so that people don't make assumptions about women in service. It's really important that we share those stories far and wide and be very clear about what their service was. Those of us in the military or commemorative space are familiar with it, but the average individual in any city across Canada or around the world should know very well where women have served and of their very immense contributions to the Canadian Armed Forces.